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Burnside, KY and Cinncy Trainwatching

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Burnside, KY and Cinncy Trainwatching
Posted by Laurence_18 on Monday, July 23, 2007 6:40 PM
Hi all!  ANy advice on watching trains at the Burnside, KY bridge?  Good places for photos?  What about Cincinnati? 
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Posted by SSW9389 on Friday, August 10, 2007 7:22 AM

I went to Burnside in 2001 with a guy named Emmett Bell. You may know him as one of the owners of the NS Discussion Group here http://jreb.org/ns/index.php or on the Kentucky Railfan Group on Yahoo.

 

Ed

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Posted by BTP Productions on Wednesday, April 16, 2008 2:57 PM
About 2 weeks ago I just got back from Burnside, Kentucky...Trains were good location was bad!!! The location mentioned in my Hot Spots book says to pull off the side of the highway near the bridge. That's where it all went wrong, the pull off and the path were completely torn up by a construction crew. We ended up at a church/school parking lot, where the view of the bridge was obscured by trees. Luckily, I went in the winter, it would be a lot worse in the spring or Summer!!!!!!!!!!
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Posted by Black Sheep 25 on Thursday, July 17, 2008 7:38 PM

Hey, I'm playing the devils advocate here and say that the best place is Covington, KY at the tunnel or the approach off the Ohio River bridge.

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Posted by JoeKoh on Saturday, July 19, 2008 5:43 AM

tower A is nice in cincinnati(its located in Union Terminal).Also the greater cincinnati railroad museum incovington is nice because the L&N main goes right by the museum.

stay safe

joe

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Posted by SSW9389 on Saturday, July 19, 2008 12:08 PM

Wishful thinking Joe, it has not been L&N for more than 25 years.

  

 JoeKoh wrote:

tower A is nice in cincinnati(its located in Union Terminal).Also the greater cincinnati railroad museum incovington is nice because the L&N main goes right by the museum.

stay safe

joe

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Posted by Ster1 on Sunday, July 27, 2008 3:14 PM

...it has not been L&N for more than 25 years.

but it still is part of L&N seniorty district of CSX

CSX 2507 East on 2 Slow-App-Slow Sterling and Restricting at the top of the Wye entering Ster1 Block Q354 is OUT!

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